Whip-socket lock.



H. R. ARNOLD.

I WHIP SOCKET LOGK. APPLIOATION rum) JUNE 4,1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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HOWARD R. ARNOLD, OF POMEROY, OHIO.

WHIP-SOCKET 1.001;.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed. June 4, 1908. Serial No. 436,724.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD R. ARNOLD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pomeroy, in the county ofMeigs, State of Ohio, have invented'certain new and useful Improvementsin Whip-Socket Locks; and I do ereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for looking whips in their sockets toprevent their surreptitious removal, and has for one of its objects tosimplify and improve the construction and increase the efiiclency andutility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sim ly constructeddevice of this character whic may be applied to any ordinary whip socketwithout structural changes in the same, and which effectually locks thewhip in the socket, and thus prevents its removal by unauthorizedpersons in the absence of the driver.

With these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustratingthe preferredembodiment of the invention.

Flgure 1 is a side elevation of a whipsocket with the improvementattached. Fig.

2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The-improved device may be applied to any of the usual forms of whipsockets and for the purpose of illustration is shown aplied to aconventional device of this character Indicated as a whole at 10, andprovided with means such as clips 1 1l2 for attachment to the body ofthe vehicle.

The socket 10 is provided in one side with a transverse slot 13, andthe'formation ofthis slot is the only change required in the socket.

. Attached to the socket 10, adjacent to the slot 13, is a base portion14 of a catch device, the portion 14 having a central opening 15, inwhich a cam lever 16 is pivoted at 17, while the body 14 is providedwith a slot 18 near its other end and thus'forming a web 19 at the innerend of the central portion 15.

Connected at 20 to the socket memberlO near the aperture 13 is arelatively long strip of resilient material 21 extending around theouter surface of the socket and looped and around the web 19 and thencethrough the slot 13 in the socket and around the interior of the socketand thence out through the slot'13 again and engaged with the cam lever16 by a slot 22 in its free end.

When the cam lever 16 is in open position, the portion of the strip 21withm the socket will be slacked up and lie closely against the innersurface of the socket and permit the whip to be easily removed orinserted, but when the cam lever 16 is turned into locking position asshown in Fig. 2, a strain will be applied u on the whi within the socketand thus firm y lock it t erein, it being understood that the length ofthe strip 21 will be so gaged as to produce this grlpping action whenthe cam lever is actuated.

The gripping mechanism 14-46 Will be arranged upon the socket in aposition that will not readily be observed from outside the vehicle sothat persons having designs upon the whip will not readily discern thelocking device. The butt ends of whips are generally enlarged slightly,and this enlargement materially aids in the action of the device andmakes the gripping of the member 21 still more certain.

The device is simple in construction, can beinexpensively manufactured,and applied to whip sockets of various forms employed without materialstructural changes in the device.

While the structure shown is of the referred form, it will be understoodthat it is not desired to unnecessarily limit the structure thereto asminor changes may be made in the parts within the scope of the appendedclaims Without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed, is

1. A whip socket having a transverse slot through one of its walls, alocking device comprising a base member having means for attachment tothe socket and with a transverse slot near one end producing a detachedweb, a cam lever swingingfrom said base member, a strip of resilientmaterial connected at one end to the socket and passing around thesocket and likewise around the web of the base member and thence throughthe aperture of the socket and around its interior and engaged with thecam lever at its free end, whereby when the through the aperture 18 ofthe member 14 I cam lever is closed a strain will be applied to theportion of the strip Within the socket and firmly grip a Whip disposedtherein.

2. A Whip socket having a transverse slot through one of its Walls, alocking device comprising a base member having means for attachment tothe socket, a cam lever movably connected to said base member, a stripof resilient material engaged to said base member and extending thencethrough the slot of the socket and around the interior of the same andengaged at its free end to the cam lever, whereby when the cam lever isactuated a strain Will be applied to the portion of the strip Within thesocket 15 and grip a Whip disposed therein.

In testimony whereof, I al'lix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

HOXVARD R. ARNOLD. Witnesses:

W. F. JONES, GEORGE ELBERFELD.

